One staffer sent a scathing email, obtained by The Blast, ripping Phil and his wife, Robin McGraw, for giving $500 gift cards in lieu of paychecks.

Sources close to production tell us the gift cards are an annual gift from Phil and his wife, and were not made in place of the hiatus pay. Also, we are told that the Christmas pay was actually a generous thing done in years past, but it wasn’t guaranteed.

It’s unclear if CBS will reverse their decision and make good with the pay after the outrage from their employees, especially considering they just saved $120,000,000 courtesy of Les Moonves.